Pretty solid sequel. To be honest, I definitely like the first game just by a little small margin, but this game does have a lot of great qualities too. While there are a lot of improvements here, I still think I like the first game a bit better because I much prefer stuff like the level design or the OST in that one. The big thing I'd like to mention are the Animal Buddies. I personally don't like the levels that replace Diddy and Dixie with one of or multiple Buddies, mainly because most of those levels end up being really tedious or kind of wonky to play, mainly levels with the Squawks and Quawks the Parrots because they felt really clunky and the hitboxes just felt wrong when controlling them. That aside, the game is still pretty fun, and basically everything I need to say in this review has already been said in the review of the original DKC, so I'll wrap it up now. Overall, this game is a pretty good sequel with qualities as good as the original, though I do like the original by a point more.